Fly and bait and leader holder



June 1925- 1,539,915

v. SHEBAT FLY AND BAIT AND LEADER HOLDER Filed. Sept. 10. 1924 Patented June 2, 1925.

VALENTINE SHEBAT,

or BUTTE, MONTANA.

FLY AND BAIT AND LEADER HOLDER.

Application filed September 10, 1924.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VALENTINE SHEBA'I', a citizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county of Silver Bow and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly and Bait and Leader Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to holders or containers for fishing-tackle and more pa;- ticuiarly to a novel fly and bait and leader holder.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character and purpose set forth above which is of simple design and construction enabling it to be conveniently carried about, and providing separate conipartments, access to each and all of which is readily had.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described wherein the flies are adapted to be hooker onto a cork removably supported at one end of a tube, a cover of hingedly-connected parts being detachably engaged with the same end of the tube and extending over the cork for the protection of the flies.

Further objects and advantages of the invention may be apparent from the following description of the device read in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1, is an elevation of the improved holder with a partbroken away to disclose the round opening in the slide and cover of the bait compartment; Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View of the device; Figure 3, a top plan view of the slide and cover, Figure 4, a bottom plan view showing the hinged cover, Figure 5, a cross sectional View of the holder showing the compartments, and Figure 6, a detailed view of the wire for holding the hinged cover in place. I

Describing the invention in detail, 10 des i gnates the body of the holder which is preferably cylindrical and opened at both ends. A partition 11 divides the interior of the cylinder into a narrow compartment 12 and a larger compartment 13. The partition is flushed with the outer edge of the opening at one end of the cylinder but at the opposite or bottom end of the cylinder the partition terminates a short distance inwardly of the opening as will be seen in Figure 2. This provides for the insertion of a cork 14 into the bottom opening of the cylinder for closing the compartments at that end.

Serial No. 736,927.

A flanged cap or cover 15 is removahly engaged over the top of the cylinder and completely covers compartment 13. The cover is, however, provided with a small circular opening 16 so that access can behad to the larger compartment without removing the cap. Where the cap would normally extend across the small compartment 12, it is provided with an opening cut out as indicated by dotted lines 17 of Figure 3 to provide an opening corresponding to the smaller compartment and this opening is normally closed' by a slide 18 pivoted to cover 15, as shown at 19. Slide 18 is provided with a circular opening 20 correspond ing to opening 16 of the cover, and as will be obvious access to compartment 18 is permitted only when openings 16 and 20 are in alignment. It Will thus be seen that the slide 18 provides a closure for both the smaller and larger compartments to open either of which it is necessary that the slide be rotated to uncover the compartment. In this connection, it is to be further noted that slide 18 is cut away on one side of the pivot as indicated by the edge 21 so that when the slide is rotated half-way round edge 21 will coincide with the long edge 22 of opening 17 the latter being then uncovered. The larger compartment 13 provides a receptacle for live bait such as grasshoppers, rockworms, salmon flies, angleworms, etc., which are placed in the compartment through the circular openings 16-20. The narrow compartment 12 provides a convenient receptacle for leaders and sinkers.

An elastic band 23 encircles the cylinder adjacent the top end and is used, as illustrated, to hold the leaders 24.- of flies 25, the

flies being hooked on the cork 1 1. By this arrangement it is possible to support a plurality of flies upon the cylinder and for the protection of the flies a hinged cover is provided at the bottom end of the cylinder for engaging over and enclosing the flies. The

hinged cover consists of two cover sections 26 and 27 having a common hinge 28 and being respectively flanged, as at 29, to engage over flies 25. The hinge 28 preferably consists of a single strand of spring wire bent at opposite ends to provide clips 30 and 31 adapted to be engaged in sockets 32 on its opposite sides of cylinder 10. A spring 33 encircles the hinge 28 and has its opposite ends engaged with coversections 26 and 27 so as to normally retain the sections in closed position. When it is desired to attach or remove a fly, one or both of the hinged sectlons can be swung back to uncover cork 14 or it can be entirely 'removedby simply withdrawing clips 30 and 31 from the sockets 32 of the cylinder. Cork 14 can also be withdrawn after removal of the hinged cover, so that the compartments can be easily emptied.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention provides a convenient and useful cylinder in which fishing-tackle can be safely carried and the fact that the" two end covers are removable from the Cylinder along with cork 14 enables the compartments to be fully and entirely opened at anytime desired. Nor is the invention limited to the precise details of construction herein lluscylindrical body adjacent one end ofthe holder, a cork closing the opposite end of 80 the cylindrical body and providing abottom for the said compartments, and a re movable cover at each end of the said cylindrical body. 7 e

2. A fly and leader holder presenting a cylindrica-l body along the outslde of which the leaders are adapted to be longitudinally disposed, a cork at one end of the said cylin-- drical body on which the'flies are adapted to be hooked, an elastic member encircling the cylindrical body at the opposite end to hold the leaders of the said flies, and a hinged cover engaged with the cylindrical body and presenting separate sections adapted to engage over the said cork for the pro;

tection of the flies. I

3. A holder comprlsmg 'acyllndrlcal body presenting separate compartments, a cover at one end of the cylindrical body, a cork closing the other end of the cylindrical body,

and a wire having its ends engaged in sockets on the said cylindrical body and extending across the said cork, and cover sections hingedly supported by the said wire, said hinged sections providing'a cover for the said cork.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 1

VALENTINE SHEBAT; 

